The United States of 5c is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 26.569 billion 5cians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.0%.

The frighteningly efficient 5cian economy, worth a remarkable 5,176 trillion Golds a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 194,823 Golds, with the richest citizens earning 5.9 times as much as the poorest.

Tourists buying prepaid smartphones are arrested for smuggling, a positive GPA is all it takes to get an elite education, murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, and compass sales have gone south. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 5c's national animal is the Elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

5c is ranked 21,758^th in the world and 2^nd in Cheese for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 68,188.36 Standard Monetary Units.